that f**kin sucks...

R.E.M. Breaks Up: Michael Stipe, Bandmates Release Ends Run

"To our Fans and Friends: As R.E.M., and as lifelong friends and co-conspirators, we have decided to call it a day as a band. We walk away with a great sense of gratitude, of finality, and of astonishment at all we have accomplished. To anyone who ever felt touched by our music, our deepest thanks for listening." R.E.M.

Formed in 1980 in Athens, Georgia, the band became alt-rock icons and were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2007. The group was comprised of lead man Michael Stipe, bassist Mike Mills, guitarist Peter Buck and drummer Bill Berry; Berry left the band in 1997, leading to the near dissolution of the group while recording the album that followed

the gift that keeps on giving.....

Insane tabloid headline about little person porn star killed by animal

Posted by David Pescovitz on Monday, Sep 19th at 10:19am

A coup of tabloid headline writing, from the UK rag The Sunday Sport. The backstory, from BuzzFeed:

Percy Foster was a 3-foot-6-inch dwarf who starred in the UK porno “Hi-Ho Hi-Ho, It's Up Your Arse We Go.” He bore an uncanny resemblance to celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay. Welsh agriculture officials discovered Foster's body in an underground chamber

to be seen only at drive ins...

Sadly, this movie isn't real, but we can always hope

Things I want, but don't need.....

Nested knife-set

The Deglon Meeting Knife, designed by Mia Schmallenbach, is a set of sculptural, nested knives (priced, alas, as sculptures, at $600 for the set). The proportions of the four nested knives -- paring knife, carving knife, chef’s knife and filleting knife -- are "determined by the Fibonacci sequence with as its base the average width of a hand."